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Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE
Many people just want one song or the other and don't really care for an instrumental or remix so lets say someone just wants You were...; well she'll only have to spend 1/5 of the amount it would take to buy the CD only version.
Years ago when digital downloading was much unheard of people had to buy the actual CD to get the music they wanted and that's one reason why over all sales for everyone has dropped.
I love you so much just for mentioning her!! This won't sell 500K like Junko's but lets hope it has a long chart life (  ). |
I definitely get what your saying about buying just one song, cause thats what I do with America's Itunes, well since CD singles no longer exist in America that's about all you can do.
Anyway, Maybe if the Japanese came off their prices just a bit, and maybe made like a Standard CD press that was like 500Y/700Y, no gimmicks, just the plain CD, maybe that would bring out more buyers. Cause I know for along time when I was unable to watch the DVDs, I just bought CD Onlys.
I think CD Only's should be about 700Y, then CD/DVD's maybe 1,300Y. 1,000/1,800 is just way too much since you can go to Itunes Japan and buy the main 2 singles for just 200Y each digitally. When you put it that way of course it attracts people to digital, it's cheaper, and who doesn't like saving money?
~~~~~ How could anyone not mention Junko? Ai no mama de is a legendary song. But it makes me sad that somebody as legendary as Ayumi Hamasaki can't sell 500,000 anymore, A person with a fanbase that probably out weighs Junko's by millions. It really makes me sad. I realize Junko was a one hit wonder, and her other songs haven't matched it in sales by any means. So I guess one can't compare Junko Akimoto to Ayumi Hamasaki. But I wish success stories like that still happened in Japan.
It seems like Arashi is the only one that goes all out and sells like crazy. They have such a dedicated fanbase. What happened to Ayumi's?
4th January 2010, 07:09 PM
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